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STAAR Alternate 2 Administration Procedures
Texas Education Agency
Student Assessment Division
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Overview
STAAR Alternate 2 Assessment
Updates and Important Dates
Test Design
Management System Coordinator Tasks
Test Administrator Qualifications
Test Administration Process
Preview Period
Accommodations
Administer the Assessment
Management System Administrator Tasks
Return Test Materials to Coordinator
Test Results
Resources and Support
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STAAR Alternate 2 Assessment
• STAAR Alternate 2 Overview
• Eligibility and Participation Requirements
• Assessment Window and Tested Subjects Updates
• Important Dates
• Materials
• Test Design
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STAAR Alternate 2 Overview
State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR®)
Alternate 2 is:
• an assessment based on alternate academic standards
designed for students with significant cognitive disabilities
receiving special education services
• a standardized paper-based assessment (redesigned based on state
legislation) administered individually to each eligible student
• an assessment with individual student responses transcribed into a
TestNav online transcription form
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Eligibility and Participation Requirements
The admissions review and dismissal (ARD) committee determines
whether a student with a significant cognitive disability is eligible to
take STAAR Alternate 2 based on specific criteria.
Please review the Educator Guide for STAAR A and STAAR Alternate 2
for additional information on eligibility and participation requirements.
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Assessment Window and Tested Subjects
The STAAR Alternate 2 testing window is February 9–27, 2015.
Districts may choose when to administer each subject and grade-level
test within the window.
The test will be administered in the following grades and subjects:
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Updates
• Participation counts must be entered in the Texas Assessment
Management System, delivered through PearsonAccess, beginning
September 22, 2014, and submitted no later than 11:00 PM (CT)
on October 24, 2014.
• Districts will need to submit their own student data files.
Pearson will not load previous year STAAR Alternate 2 students.
• The End-of-Course (EOC) Code field (CSV location AI) is
mandatory for STAAR Alternate 2 grades 9–12.
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Updates (continued)
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The Alternate Assessment Assistant and Alternate Assessment
Teacher roles in the assessment management system will no
longer have permissions associated with them beginning
December 2014.
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Alternate Assessment teachers no longer have to be assigned to
students in the assessment management system.
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Test sessions must be created and students added to test
sessions.
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The STAAR Alternate 2 assessment window is shorter.
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STAAR ALTERNATE 2 IMPORTANT DATES
9/22/2014 – 10/24/2014
11/5/2014 – 2/27/2015
02/20/2015
1/9/2015
1/19/2015
1/23/2015
2/2/2015
Up to 10 days before 2/9/2015
2/9/2015 – 2/27/2015
2/10/2015
3/2/2015 – 3/3/2015
3/6/2015
5/20/2015
6/5/2015
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Participation counts window
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SDU submission window
Registration available
Deadline to order additional materials
Materials list posted online
Test session creation
Materials due in district
Proctor caching available
Preview window
STAAR Alternate 2 Assessment
Transfer date: students entering the district
on February 10 or later do not have to be
assessed
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Data verification
Test administrators can continue
transcribing student responses
Return nonscorable materials
Grades 3 – 8 reports due in district
EOC reports due in district
Materials
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Materials list posted online by: 1/9/2015
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Due in district by: 1/23/2015
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Deadline to order additional materials: 02/20/2015
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Return secure nonscorable materials to Pearson by: 3/6/2015
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Test Design
• Six clusters comprise a test form resulting in 24 scripted questions
per test.
• The test materials will include a test administrator booklet and a
student booklet for each subject.
• The test administrator booklet contains scripted questions and
guidelines for how the test will be administered.
• The student booklet contains stimulus images and text for the
presentation of test items and answer options.
• This design allows for standardization of the assessment and
eliminates the need for teachers to prepare tasks or materials.
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Texas Assessment Management System Tasks:
Testing Coordinators
• Enter or Upload Student Data
• Create Test Sessions
• Add Students to Test Sessions
• Print Student Authorizations
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Enter or Upload Student Data
There are two options for entering student data to the Assessment
Management System. Districts may
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upload student data using a file created locally, and/or
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enter student data manually.
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Create Test Sessions
In order for test administrators to transcribe student responses into
TestNav, students must be assigned to test sessions.
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Test sessions are electronic groupings of students that are specific
to each grade, subject, course and test form (five forms in most
grades).
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Campus testing coordinators should create test sessions at least
one to two weeks before testing.
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After sessions have been created, students can be added
individually or by group.
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Create a Test Session
1. Go to http://www.TexasAssessment.com/login.
2. Enter your
user ID and
password, and
then click the
Login button to
go to the
homepage.
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Create a Test Session
3. Go to Test Management > Manage Test Sessions.
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Create a Test Session
4. Click the New Session button to go to the New Test Sessions screen.
The New Session button will be disabled and you will not be able to
create a test session if you do not have access to create test sessions.
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Create a Test Session
5. Enter the session details.
6. Click the Save button after entering all session details.
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Add Students to a Test Session
After creating a new test session, you must add groups or individual
students to the session. To add groups or students to a test session,
complete the following steps:
1. From the Session Details screen, click the Add Students button.
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Add Students to Test Sessions
2. Select “Groups” or “Students” from the View By options set. If you
know the student’s PEIMS ID, you can quickly locate a student by
filtering on the PEIMS ID field using the “Students” View By options
set.
3. Select the checkbox for the group(s) or the student(s) you want to
add, and then click the Add to Session button.
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Add Students to Test Sessions
4. After you have finished adding students to the session, return to the
Session Details screen. The students you added to this session are
listed on the Session Roster.
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Add Students to Test Sessions
5. Click the Session Roster button to open a print-friendly PDF that
includes the session details and the students in the session. Review
the Session Roster to ensure that it is complete and accurate.
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Print Student Authorizations
Student authorizations may be printed after students have been
placed into a test session.
Test Administrators will use the student authorizations to access their
students in TestNav.
The student authorizations contain
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the URL that will be entered into a browser by the test
administrator to access TestNav, and
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the unique username and test code needed by the test
administrator to log in so that student responses can be
transcribed.
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Test Administrator Qualifications
• Who Can Administer STAAR Alternate 2?
• Paraprofessionals
• Test Administrator Assistants
• Test Administrator Oath
• Test Administrator Responsibilities
• Test Security and Confidentiality
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Who Can Administer STAAR Alternate 2?
The STAAR Alternate 2 test administrator:
• should be the student’s teacher for the subject being
tested, and
• must have a high level of familiarity with the student
so that testing accommodations can be prepared
appropriately and the student’s typical response
modes can be understood.
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Paraprofessionals
Certified and noncertified paraprofessionals who may serve as test
administrators or test administrator assistants are:
• currently employed by the district, and
• routinely work with students in the classroom.
Paraprofessionals must be supervised by a certified professional on
the same campus throughout the test administration, receive training
and sign the test administrator oath.
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Test Administrator Assistants
The test administrator assistant can provide assistance including:
• preparing allowable accommodations as directed,
• manipulating materials during the testing session,
• translating or signing information for the student, and
• managing student behavior.
All test administrator assistants:
• must be trained in test security and administration procedures
prior to the assessment, and
• must sign the test administrator’s oath of test security and
confidentiality.
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Test Administrator Oath
Test administrators must initial and sign the test administrator oath
following training on test security and general testing procedures and
before handling secure test materials.
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Test Administrator Responsibilities
Include:
• maintaining security of test materials while in their possession,
• preparing test materials for each administration,
• implementing the test administration processes and procedures
stated in the manuals,
• reporting any suspected violation of test security to the campus
coordinator,
• transcribing student responses into TestNav, and
• preparing test materials for return to the campus coordinator at
the conclusion of test administrations
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Test Security and Confidentiality
STAAR Alternate 2 standardized test administration materials are
considered secure. Test security involves accounting for all secure
materials and confidential student information before, during, and
after the test administration.
Test administrators for the STAAR Alternate 2 assessment must be
aware that they are viewing secure content and that discussing the
content of the test at any time is strictly prohibited. As a reminder of
this obligation, STAAR Alternate 2 test administrators are required to
sign a separate section of the test administrator’s oath. No person may
discuss student responses or STAAR Alternate 2 scoring
information during or after a test administration.
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Test Administration Process
• Preview Test Materials
• Plan and Prepare Accommodations
• Consider Timing Options
• Administer the Assessment
• Repeating the Presentation Instructions
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Receive Test Materials
STAAR Alternate 2 test administrators will be provided with the
following materials:
STAAR Alternate 2
Test Administrator
Manual—secure;
Student booklet—
secure;
STAAR Alternate 2
Scoring Document—
secure during and
after use;
Provides a guide to administering the test, as well as
specific instructions for administering each question
Contains the images for the questions and
answer choices presented to the student.
A single sheet with answer bubbles for recording
student responses for later input into the online
transcription form in TestNav. This required document
must be returned to the campus coordinator.
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Preview Test Materials
Once test administrators have been trained on security and
confidentiality and have signed an oath of test security, they need
to preview the STAAR Alternate 2 test materials to become familiar
with the test and to prepare for any necessary accommodations.
These materials are considered secure and the campus coordinator
must check them out to the test administrator using the STAAR
Alternate 2 Materials Preview Control Form.
Test administrators may preview the test immediately upon their
receipt in district and on through the testing window.
Accommodations should be prepared during the preview period but
may also be prepared during the testing window. Testing materials
should be checked out during the preview period only when
needed by the test administrator to become familiar with the test
and prepare for accommodations. At the end of each day, all
materials, including photocopied pages from the student booklet,
must be returned to the campus testing coordinator.
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Preview Test Materials
The test administrator should use the preview period to:
• Preview the “Guidelines for STAAR Alternate 2 Test Administrator
Instructions” and “Scoring” sections of the test administrator
manual to become familiar with the policy for presenting and
scoring questions.
• Practice reading the script and following the presentation
instructions for actual questions while maintaining the secure
contents of the assessments.
• Review the “Scoring Instructions” for actual questions and plan
teacher assistance for specific questions.
• Preview the student booklet to plan and prepare accommodations
for any student that may need an accommodation according to the
guidelines outlined in the “Accommodations” section.
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Plan and Prepare Accommodations
The accommodations
must:
• maintain the integrity
of the assessment,
• avoid leading to or
providing the student
a direct answer,
• be used routinely in
instruction,
• reflect the student’s
learning styles, and
• allow a student to
respond using a mode
that is appropriate for
the student
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Accommodations Information
• The test administrator must present the accommodations
uniformly so that the correct answer is not emphasized over the
other answer choices.
• Routinely used accommodations for positioning and behavioral
supports can be provided for any student to ensure that the
student can physically access the stimuli provided and maintain
focus throughout the testing session.
• It is appropriate to add language that encourages the student to
stay on task.
• It is not appropriate to add language about the content of the
question.
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Consider Timing Options
STAAR Alternate 2 is an untimed assessment and may take as long as
necessary to be completed within the testing window. Some timing
options include
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administering the assessment at a time that is most appropriate for
an individual student
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allowing breaks, as necessary
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administering the test over several days with several sessions per
day
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administering the test over several days, one session each day
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Administer the Assessment
All assessments must be administered within the testing window.
Individual student administrations may be started or stopped at any
time within the testing window.
The test does not have to be given in one session if the student is not
able to maintain stamina or focus.
Test items must be administered in the order they appear in the
student booklet.
The test is designed in clusters of four items that build on one another
and assess a targeted essence statement. If the test is not to be
administered in one session, TEA recommends that the test be
stopped between clusters. At no time may a student go back to
previously answered items, including after an administration has been
stopped and resumed for an emergency.
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Administer the Assessment
Each test is individually administered.
Students are not expected to read, write, or manipulate the
test booklet.
The test administrator is given directions to present the item,
specifically what to direct the student to, and what to communicate
to the student.
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Administer the Assessment
To present is to introduce the stimuli with needed accommodations.
Options may include
• pairing with like tactile symbols or objects;
• highlighting, coloring, or enlarging; or
• pointing and gesturing.
To direct is to focus the student on certain parts of the stimulus.
Options may include
• alerting orally or through sign;
• pointing to, highlighting or covering up sections until addressed; or
• guiding the student’s hand to specific places in the stimuli.
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Administer the Assessment
To communicate is to relay the bolded text exactly as written.
Options may include
• stating, signing, or translating into another language,
• providing in written form, or
• pairing with tactile or picture symbols.
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Repeating the Presentation Instructions
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Students can request to have information repeated but not defined or
paraphrased.
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If the student is distracted during the presentation, the test
administrator can repeat sections of the presentation instructions
without a student request up until the answer choices and “find”
statement are given.
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Once the answer choices and “find” statement are given, the test
administrator must wait for the student to respond.
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Once an answer is given, the test administrator must follow the
scoring instructions to determine how to proceed.
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If no response is given after a reasonable wait time, the answer
choices and “find” statement can be repeated once.
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Texas Assessment Management System Tasks:
Test Administrators
• Transcribe student responses into TestNav
• Submit tests to be scored
• Enter Do Not Score information
• Enter accommodations information
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Transcribe Student Responses into TestNav
After student authorizations have been printed, student responses can
be added into TestNav.
The test administrator will log in to TestNav using the student’s
authorization ticket and transcribe student responses.
A student’s transcribed responses are automatically scored when the
Final Submit button is clicked at the end of the test. It is not
necessary to make a selection in the Score Code menu for student
responses to be scored.
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Transcribe Student Responses into TestNav
Students taking the
STAAR Alternate 2
administration
communicate answers
directly to the test
administrator. The test
administrator records
the student’s responses
on the STAAR Alternate
2 Scoring Document
based on scoring
information provided
for each item.
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Steps to Transcribe
Follow the steps below to transcribe student responses into the online
transcription form in TestNav.
1. Go to Test Management > Manage Test Sessions. Select “Test
Sessions” from the View By options set.
2. Click the appropriate test session from the Session Name column.
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Steps to Transcribe
3. Click the Authorizations button and select the “Student
Authorization” from the drop-down menu. You will use these
authorizations to access TestNav.
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Steps to Transcribe
4. In a new browser window, type the TestNav URL from the student
authorization into the address bar and press the Enter key. You should
now see the TestNav Login screen. If you do not, check that you have
entered the URL exactly as printed.
5. Using the information found on the student authorization, type the
username and test code in the Username and Test Code fields and log
in.
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Steps to Transcribe
6. After logging in,
you should now
see a screen with
the appropriate
grade, subject, and
form number. If
you do not, check
that you have
entered the
username and test
code exactly as
printed. Make sure
the student’s name
appears in the top
right corner of the
screen.
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Steps to Transcribe
7. Each screen will
have one
question. On the
screen for each
question, enter
the student
response by
selecting the
appropriate
bubble.
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Steps to Transcribe
8. Click the Next button to navigate to the next question. Continue
entering the student’s scores until you reach the last question.
9. On the last question, click the Next button to go to the Section
Review screen. Make sure that scores for every test question have
been transcribed.
10. Click the Continue to Test Overview button to go to the Test
Overview screen.
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Steps to Transcribe
11. On the Test Overview screen, click the Submit and Exit Test
button. Select “I am finished with this test and I want to submit my
final answers” in the pop-up box then click the Final Submit button
to submit student responses and exit TestNav.
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Steps to Transcribe
12. Once you have exited TestNav, log in to the Assessment
Management System. Go to Test Management > Manage Test
Sessions, and click the appropriate test session to go to the Session
Details screen.
13. Find the name of the student whose test you transcribed, and
make sure the student is in “Completed” status.
14. Click the View Test Progress link next to the status to confirm
that the test was submitted.
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Submit Tests to be Scored
A student’s transcribed responses are automatically scored when the
Final Submit button is clicked at the end of the test. It is not necessary
to make a selection in the Score Code menu for tests to be scored.
If the student was in attendance during the 10-day testing window but
was not able to finish the test, the test is scored according to the data
that was entered into the system for the sections that were completed.
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Enter Do Not Score Information
If directed by your campus coordinator, assign score codes on the
Student Test Details screen. Some score codes are determined by the
ARD committee and must be documented in the student’s IEP.
“Do Not Score” Code Information
In most cases, a “do not score” code should be entered when the test
is marked complete. The Mark Test Complete screen includes a dropdown menu of “do not score” reasons. However, if a test has been
submitted and a do not score reason needs to be chosen, you will
need to make these selections from the Student Details screen.
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Score Codes
For students who are absent within the window after testing has
started, every attempt must be made for them to complete testing
during the window. If the assessment cannot be completed
within the testing window, enter the scores for the portion of testing
the student was able to complete into the online form in TestNav.
If a student is absent for the entire assessment window, his or her
assessments should be marked with a score code of A = Absent.
A = Absent
The student is absent throughout the testing window. A student should
not be marked absent if the student was absent on the testing days
but also fits one of the score designations below.
M = Medical Exception
The student is unable to participate meaningfully in the STAAR
Alternate 2 assessment on the basis of the student’s medical
condition, as determined by the ARD committee and documented in
the student’s IEP. A decision not to assess a student should be rare.
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Score Codes
N = No Authentic Academic Response (NAAR)
The student is unable to participate meaningfully in the STAAR
Alternate 2 assessment on the basis of the student’s disability,
resulting in the inability to make an authentic response to stimuli
presented in the test booklet, as determined by the ARD committee
and documented in the student’s IEP. A decision not to assess a
student should be rare.
O = Other Student Not to Be Scored
The student experiences a test administration irregularity or illness
during testing.
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Marking a Test Complete
A student’s test should only be marked complete in a “do not score”
situation. If testing personnel has accidentally logged in with the
wrong student information, do NOT mark the test complete.
If your campus coordinator directs you to mark a test as complete,
complete the following steps:
1. Return to the Session Details screen and select the checkbox next
to the student’s name.
2. Click the Mark Test Complete button to go to the Mark Test
Complete screen.
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Mark Test Complete
3. Enter the “do not score” reason for marking the test complete.
4. Click the Save button.
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Mark Test Complete
The student’s status will then appear as “Marked Complete.”
Some user roles do not have access to the Mark Test Complete button.
If you do not have access to the button, contact your campus
coordinator.
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Enter Accommodations Information
Additionally, test administrators or other campus personnel will
complete the accommodations information for each assessment after
the student responses have been transcribed.
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Enter Accommodations Information
If a student was provided accommodations, the accommodations
must be indicated in the accommodations drop-down menus on the
Student Test Details screen. On the Student Test Details screen,
indicate the accommodations that were used during the
assessment by selecting “Yes” from the drop-down menu next to the
accommodation. If an accommodation was not used, the field should
be left in the “No” position. You will only be able to indicate the
accommodations that were used during the assessment
after the student’s responses have been submitted through TestNav.
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Return Test Materials to the Campus Coordinator
After each test session, the test administrator must return all test
materials to the campus coordinator. As appropriate, test materials
will be redistributed before the next test session.
Return the following materials to your campus coordinator:
STAAR Alternate 2 Test Administrator Manuals, student booklets,
STAAR Alternate 2 Scoring Documents, photocopies of secure test
materials, if needed.
Any accompanying pictures, objects, textured materials, or
instructional tools do not need to be returned.
Your campus coordinator will verify that you have returned all test
materials assigned to you, as recorded on the STAAR Alternate 2
Materials Control Form, and will then initial the “In” box.
Your signed oath of test security and confidentiality will be retained
by your campus coordinator for five years.
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Materials (continued)
Return nonscorable materials:
• student test booklets grouped by grade for grades 3–8
• student test booklets grouped by course for EOC assessments
• secure Alternate 2 test administrator manuals
• photocopies of secure test materials, if any were created
Pack STAAR Alternate 2 materials either by campus or by district. If
you are packing by campus, be sure that all the materials for a
single campus are grouped together and packed in the box before
adding materials from another campus.
Do not mix STAAR Alternate 2 materials with STAAR or TELPAS
materials in the same shipment.
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Test Results
Score reports will include the individual performance level ratings of
students, scale scores, and number of questions answered correctly
within each reporting category for each of the assessed grades and
content areas.
Score reports are due in district:
• 5/20/2015 (Grades 3 – 8)
• 6/5/2015
(EOC)
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Resources
• Educator Guide for STAAR A and STAAR Alternate 2
• User’s Guide for the Texas Assessment Management System
• 2015 District and Campus Coordinator Manual
• STAAR Alternate 2 Test Administrator Manuals
• STAAR Alternate 2 Sample Items
• STAAR Alternate 2 Administration Participation Collection
(broadcast e-mail)
• STAAR Alternate 2 Medical Exception Eligibility Requirements
• STAAR Alternate 2 No Authentic Academic Response Eligibility
Requirements
• Texas Education Agency:
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/specialed/staaralt/
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Support
Texas Education Agency (TEA)
Phone: (512) 463-9536
Email: [email protected]
Pearson’s Austin Operations Center
Phone: (800) 627-0225
Email: [email protected]
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